Develop etymology

English

English word develop comes from Frankish *wlappan, and later French développer ((computing) to code (an application). To develop.)

Detailed word origin of develop

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*wlappan Frankish (frk)
*vuloppare Vulgar Latin (la-vul)
desveloper Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro)
vloper Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro)
envelopper Middle French (ca. 1400-1600) (frm)
desveloper Middle French (ca. 1400-1600) (frm)
développer French (fr) (computing) to code (an application). To develop.
develop English (en) (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.. (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.. (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.. (math) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.. (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on [...]

Words with the same origin as develop

Descendants of *wlappan

envelope